Just say no to training wheels
The Mountain Mama Blog shares the following wisdom:
“There’s tons of evidence to show that training wheels actually inhibit learning to ride a bike…
“Biking immensely boosted J’s confidence in himself and helped form his personality from a timid toddler to a confident and self-motivated preschooler.
“Mountain Papa and I both learned to ride bikes with the help of training wheels, as did most of our generation. However, training wheels actually do little to build the skills necessary to ride…”
So the pseudonymous Mountain Mama is telling us:
1.) Doing the real thing (riding a bike), builds confidence.
2.) Doing the phony thing (riding on training wheels) does not.
3.) Doing the fake thing does not necessarily get you closer to doing the real thing, because the skills are different.
Mountain mama, goes so far as to call training wheels “an unnecessary crutch.”
And I feel the same way about face masks: Exemptions can easily turn into a crutch. You need to be ready to go out and refuse to wear a face mask as quickly as possible and with no exemptions.
No one deserves that explanation from you.
You would think that since I wrote Face Masks in One Lesson, which is “the training wheels,” style guide for never wearing a face mask again, that I would not preach this anti-training wheels message.
Quite the opposite.
My goal is not to sell books.
My goal is to spread freedom.
Face Masks in One Lesson is for a population that has been asleep for 20 years since 9/11 and needs a little help getting back to living freely.
The best option is being able to simply say “No.”
That’s where all of us need to end up. We need to end up there, because if we can’t, we will end up with masks as a permanent fixture of life, ultimately forced on all of us.
The only way that doesn’t come to pass is through more boldness from those who see the psychotic practice of masking for what it is.
If you do not already know how to stop wearing a mask at all moments in life, then Face Masks In One Lesson can help you with that, and can help you build up skills to say “No!” and to do so with minimal conflict.
It is written for the timid who need more work.
But the end goal is something very different.
If you are still wearing the mask, it’s time to stop. If you are still using exemptions to go maskless, it’s time to stop that too.
Whatever stage you are at, it’s time to kick it up a notch.
And that’s not just true for face masks. Training wheels are a tool of enfeeblement from a culture that fears risk. Those training wheels are all around us.
Sometimes bravery means you may fall on your face. That’s okay. That risk does not stop the brave from doing the right thing.
Allan Stevo